... ways of thinking. The Given Circumstances for Ralph's character are: he is a young lower status officer who is anxious for a promotion, which influences him to offer to run the play as he sees it as an opportunity to get noticed by the Governor Philips. He is at first a depressive reserved, calculating and charmless man, who is also disturbed in this distant setting shown by his rituals to his wife who he clearly loves. However, as with the convicts he undergoes a character development as he grows in confidence, passion and even humanity as he takes on the project of the play, of which is touched upon in Act One. It is this development which I aim to show by outlining my approaches to Ralph in different scenes in Act One. The first scene I am going to explore is Scene Four, entitled "The Loneliness of Man". Within this scene, ...

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